document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255161>Question 255161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A freight train left a station at 12 noon going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour. At 1 p.m., a passenger train left the same station going south at the rate of 60 mph. At what time were the trains 270 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D1=50T FOR THE FREIGHT TRAIN.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D2=60(T-1) FOR THE PASSENGER TRAIN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D1+D2=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50T+60(T-1)=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50T+60T-60=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "110T=270+60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "110T=330<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=330/110<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=3 HOURS OR @ 3:00 PM. THEY WILL BE 270 MILES APART.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50*3+60(3-1)=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150+60*2=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150+120=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "270=270 </SPAN>\n" );
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